Improvement in corpse-preservers



JAMES E. COX. urpse Trigg-mm1' I.

No. 118,346. Patented Aug. 22, 1871.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES EDWARDS COX, OF BALTBWORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORPSE-PRESERVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,346, dated August 22, 1871. K

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs EDWARDS Cox, of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in (lorpse-Preservers 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specilication, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l ofthe drawing is a representation of a Vertical longitudinal section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view, with lid removed. Fig. 3 is an under-side view of lid. Fig. et is a part of a transverse section.

This invention has relation to an improved corpse-preserver; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the outer or main casin g of layers of different material, all as hereinafter described the object being to render the apparatus more eficient for the purpose intended.

In the accompanying drawing, Arepreseuts the outer casing, constructed as'follows: First, the wood a is coated with elastic coal-tar paint, then covered with saturated roong-paper, then one inch of sawdust applied and another layer of saturated paper painted as the wood, and finally the zinc lining attached. This constitutes a nonconducting, non-sweating filling'. B represents the inner zinc lining, with a ilange, b, to rest on the edge of the casing A, and allow it to be screwed thereto. C, openings at the head and foot of said lining for the admission of ice. The head part of said lining is narrowed and raised, as shown in drawing, so that a large quantity of ice may be packed around the headof the corpse for its better preservation. D indicates the frame of the lid, containing the full-length glass top E, which is composed of two plates with a dead space, e, between them, so as to allow the entire body to be viewed without the danger of its sweating through the glass, as would be the result in the use of a single plate. F are brackets or projections, which tit in corresponding recesses F formed from the inside ofthe iange b and G indicates a loop which ts into a lock in the case, allowing th e lid to be attached and fastened without screws. This mode of fastening is also applicable to burial-cases. H denotes a rubber packing laid between the lid and ange I; to render the joints air-tight. The frame of the lid may be composed of the same material as the case A.

I claim as my invention- The outer casingA, composed of layers of wood, paint, paper, sawdust, and zinc, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES EDWARDS COX.

Witnesses:

D. D. KANE, F. B. CURTIS. 

